26
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;
27
A blessing, if ye obey the
commandments of the L
ORD
your God, which I command you this day:
28
And a curse, if ye will
not obey the commandments of the L
ORD
your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command
you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
29
And it shall come to pass, when
the L
ORD
thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt
put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.
30
Are
they not on the other
side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in
the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
31
For ye shall pass over Jordan to
go in to possess the land which the L
ORD
your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell
therein.
32
And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.
CHAPTER 12
These
are
the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the L
ORD
God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.
2
Ye shall utterly
destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high
mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
3
And ye shall overthrow their altars,
and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images
of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
4
Ye shall not do so unto the L
ORD
your God.
5
But unto the place which the L
ORD
your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put
his name there,
even
unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
6
And thither
ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your
hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:
7
And there ye shall eat before the L
ORD
your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand
unto, ye and your households, wherein the L
ORD
thy God hath blessed thee.
8
Ye shall not do after
all
the things
that we do here this day, every man whatsoever
is
right in his own eyes.
9
For ye are
not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the L
ORD
your God giveth you.
10
But
when
ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the L
ORD
your God giveth you to inherit, and
when
he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;
11
Then there shall
be a place which the L
ORD
your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye
bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave
offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the L
ORD
:
12
And ye shall rejoice
before the L
ORD
your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your
maidservants, and the Levite that
is
within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance
with you.
13
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou
seest:
14
But in the place which the L
ORD
shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy
burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.
15
Notwithstanding thou mayest
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